4.7% ▲ +32.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ravenswood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage for the 34.9% of people in Ravenswood. Most residents have deep roots in Australia or the UK, with very few people born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most typical, making up 34.9% and 34.2% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Irish (9.2%), Scottish (6.1%), and German (2.5%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (73.4%), with small numbers from New Zealand and South Africa.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13334/ravenswood/topic/ancestry-heritage